Himalayan white-browed rosefinch

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| image = White-browed Rosefinch (♂) Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary Sikkim India 17.04.2015.jpg

| image_caption = Male (♂) of the species from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary in Sikkim, India.

| image2 = White-browed Rosefinch (♀) Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary Sikkim India 08.11.2015.jpg

| image2_caption = Female (♀) of the species from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary in Sikkim, India.

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Carpodacus thura |volume=2016 |page=e.T103836876A94675028 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103836876A94675028.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Carpodacus thura

| authority = Bonaparte & Schlegel, 1850

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The Himalayan white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus thura) is a true finch species (family Fringillidae).

Rages across the Himalayas, being found from Afghanistan in the west, eastwards across India to Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate shrubland.

Gallery

File:PropasserBlythiKeulemans.jpg|An artist's illustration.

File:Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch.jpg|At Ama yangri route, Helambu, Nepal.

File:Male Himalayan White-browed Rose-Finch.jpg|Male Bird at Gnathang in Sikkim.

File:Female Himalayan White-browed Rose-finch.jpg|Female at Gnathang India.

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